Tony could do nothing but stare. His lips still tingled from the kiss and a shiver ran down his spine when Gibbs fingers played with the hair at his neck. Then his features became hard as stone and he backed away, head helled high, and pushed Gibbs arm away.
"I am not yours", he said fiercely with a low growl. "I have never been yours."
He began to walk away, but Gibbs caught his arm an a tight grip and yanked him around to face him again. Tony's eyes narrowed as he locked eyes with the silver-haired man. He was determined that he wouldn't be the first to yield, but then he saw something that made him tremble. Deep inside Gibbs eyes he saw a spark of love and affection mixed with the anger. And it was directed at him!
Tony gasped sharply, his eyes widening in surprise and confusion. Gibbs loved him?
"Why did you run away, Tony?" Gibbs asked then. "Why didn't you come to me?"
At once Tony's anger flamed up again.
"How could I?" he asked and teared himself loose. "And what would I say? 'Hey, Boss, I can't take the anxiety anymore, because you know what? I'm in love with you!'"
"Yes!" Gibbs said and stepped into Tony's personal space. "That's exactly what you should've said. Because then I would have known that you feel the same way about me as I do about you. You are mine, Tony. Now and forever. And I am not planning to let you go."
Tony clenched his jaws and met the intense blue gaze with his own green one. Then he suddenly he was shoved aside as the young, black-haired guy stepped up to Gibbs, who took a step back in surprise as he regarded the angry youth in front of him.
"Who the hell do you think you are?" the kid asked. "You have no right to..."
He was abruptly silenced when Gibbs suddenly took a step closer and stared at the poor man with his patented glare.
"I could ask you the same thing", he growled in a low voice. "Who are you, and what do you think you are doing?"
Tony almost fell sorry for the guy when he began to stutter insecurely.
"I asked for your name", Gibbs repeated impatiently and let his glare grow even more intense. Not many had the guts to face Gibbs when he looked at them liked that, and the kid was definitely not one of those few. He bolted. He turned around and was out through the door before Gibbs could blink.
"You didn't have to scare him", Tony said.
"He annoyed me", Gibbs replied. "Who was he, anyway?"
"I don't know. He just came over to me while I was trying to get drunk and said that I shouldn't be alone. He persuaded me to go with him, and if you hadn't showed up, I would have."
Gibbs turned his glare to Tony and slapped him again, harder than before.
"That was for being stupid", he said when Tony's eyes narrowed again. "What were you thinking? I thought you were smarter than that."
"He said that he could make my pain go away", Tony said, and even he could hear how childish he sounded.
"And you believed him? Tony, you had no idea what he had in mind for you. You could have been kidnapped and killed. Or tortured until you wished you were dead."
"I didn't care, okay? If he wanted to kill me, I would've let him."
"And why would you do that? Why would you waste your life like that?"
"Because..." Tony silenced and looked away for a moment as he tried to calm himself down. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath and then looked at Gibbs again, who returned his gaze just as steady as he always did, waiting for Tony to continue.
"Because my life wouldn't be worth living without you by my side", Tony added and calmly met Gibbs' gaze.
Gibbs blinked in surprise a couple of times before a warm smile spread across his face, taking Tony completely by surprise. He ran his fingers softly through Tony's hair before leaning in and giving him a kiss. He felt Tony get all tense at first, but then the younger man relaxed and answered the kiss. He wrapped his arms around Gibbs' body and let soft moans escape from his throat as the kiss grew deeper, more passionate.
"You stupid boy", Gibbs said when they finally broke the kiss to breathe. "I don't know what I would've done without you. I love you so much that only the thought of losing scares me to death."
"You love me?" Tony said and a single tear fell down his cheek. Gibbs brushed it away with his thumb gave Tony such an affectionate smile that Tony couldn't help but smile back.
"Of course I love you", he said. "I have loved you since the first day I saw you. I didn't know that it was love then, and I was scared to investigate it any further. I have never felt like this for anyone since Shannon died. I would die if I'd lose you too."
"You will never lose me, Jet", Tony said and clung to the silver-haired man like he never wanted to go. "Never."
"Come on", Gibbs said then and gently pushed Tony away, placing a hand on the small of his back. "Let's go home."
I have a little question for you. Do you want me to write about the boys' first time (but then I might have to change the rating), or are you ready for the epilouge? It's up to you.